| "Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with an intellectual property license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution." --UNESCO |  |
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 57 different sources and contains 159,459 records.
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College Open Textbooks provides an extensive listing of open-licensed textbooks on the web. |
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Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalog of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks. |
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Merlot consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material. |
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UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have developed Guidelines that outline key issues and make suggestions for integrating OER into higher education.
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A UNESCOCOL companion document, A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) (2011; 2015), provides more detailed information about all aspects of OER. |
Connect OER: Skidmore College
